Pine Rivers team F1 Super Geeks achieved a super result at the F1 in Schools State competition in Rockhampton recently.

The F1 Super Geeks are a collaboration of students from Pine Rivers State High School and Petrie State School who are competing in the F1 in Schools program.  After being successful at regional level, they proceeded to State competition.  They were awarded, Best Marketing Award, Best Design Award, and Fastest Car Award and declared Champion Team in the Development Class.  Super Geeeks were able to carry their theme of geeks and cartoons through to their uniforms also.  The Super Geeks have now qualified to represent Queensland at National level to be held in Sydney in March next year. 
F1 in Schools, the Formula One Technology Challenge, is an engineering and design action-learning project for students, implemented in high schools around the world.  Teams of 3-5 students from grades 5-12 use industry level, 3-dimensional CAD/CAM and simulation technologies to design, analyse, test, manufacture and race miniature CO2 powered, balsa wood Formula 1 cars.
The challenge is multi-faceted and multidisciplinary.  It inspires students to collaborate with industry partners within the context of their projects to learn about engineering principles such as physics, aerodynamics, design, manufacture, leadership/teamwork, media skills and project management, and apply them in a practical, imaginative, competitive and exciting way.  Just like real enterprise projects, they must also incorporate marketing and team presentation activities.
The team consists of Jessica Redfern, Team Manager of Dayboro, and other local students Samuel de Feijter, Mikael Koch, Beau Gieskens and Kayla Cahill.  Jessica said she would sincerely like to thank the Lions Club of Dayboro and Craig Doyle Real Estate for their support to date.  "The Super Geeks are so excited to be given the opportunity to represent Queensland at National level in March and look forward to the challenges and adventures that lay ahead in this process.  Without our sponsors this would not be possible."